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What prevents a man’s speaking good sense with a smile on his face?

Horace

He will often have to scratch his head, and bite his nails to the quick. [To succeed he will have to puzzle his brains and work hard.]
HORACE

Brain Hard Work Nail
Do not try to find out – we’re forbidden to know – what end the gods have in store for me, or for you.
HORACE

Destiny End Try
By the favour of the heavens
HORACE

Favour Heaven Religious
To please great men is not the last degree of praise.
HORACE

Degrees Last Men
What prevents a man’s speaking good sense with a smile on his face?
HORACE

Face Good Men Sense
Rule your mind or it will rule you.
HORACE

Inspirational Life Motivational
Sapere aude. Dare to be wise.
HORACE

Being Knowledge Wise
Not gods, nor men, nor even booksellers have put up with poets’ being second-rate.
HORACE

Men Poetry Rate
People hiss at me, but I applaud myself in my own house, and at the same time contemplate the money in my chest.
HORACE

Country House People
Sad people dislike the happy, and the happy the sad; the quick thinking the sedate, and the careless the busy and industrious.
HORACE

Depress People Think
Who’s started has half finished.
HORACE

Finish Half Start
Gold will be slave or master.
HORACE

Gold Master People Slave
Anger is brief madness
HORACE

Anger Brief Madness
Money is to be sought for first of all; virtue after wealth. [Lat., Quaerenda pecunia primum est; virtus post nummos.]
HORACE

First Money Wealth
The wolf dreads the pitfall, the hawk suspects the snare, and the kite the covered hook.
HORACE

Cover Lake Rivers Sea
Not to be lost in idle admiration is the only sure means of making and preserving happiness.
HORACE

Admiration Lost Mean

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